The 9th Court of Appeals released 1 opinion today, a memorandum opinion concerning a Montgomery County criminal case: CHAD ERIC MINER, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS – Affirmed The 9th Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the Montgomery County Court at Law #5’s denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence prior to trial for DWI. At the suppression hearing the…
In case you missed it, Casey Pachall, the starting quarterback for the TCU Horned Frogs, was arrested this week. As the article notes, and as any college football fan already knows, Pachall was suspended indefinitely from the team. Even a cursory scan of internet message boards will show that this is considered a “good thing,” impressing readers of such snap…
Up until now, of all the crimes you hypothesized you could commit and get arrested for, we are certain one has never streamed into your mind. That thought is whether or not you could get arrested for Boating While Intoxicated as you paddle a canoe. Under the strictest interpretation of Texas Penal Code, Chapter 49, it looks like you can…
On March 27, 2013 the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in US v. Windsor in which it ruled that the federal government could not define marriage so as to prevent same-sex partners from getting federal benefits. The decision represented one of the swiftest civil rights shifts in American history, however, because only part of the federal Defense…